. Summer vacation tours . , and museum are worth traveling acrossa continent to see, one goes past the old whalingport of Hudson; past Catskill, with the Blue Moun-tains behind it, rich in traditions of Rip Van Winkleand Hendricks crew; past Kingston, the colonial capital; past Pough-keepsie, the home ofBenson J. Lossing, withits Vassar College; New-burgh, with Washing-tons headquarters; pastWest Point, which, tothe American soldier,marks the bravery ofmany and the foul trea-son of one; through theHighlands, perhaps themost beautiful spot onthis most beautiful of riv-ers, past half a hundred 5
. Summer vacation tours . , and museum are worth traveling acrossa continent to see, one goes past the old whalingport of Hudson; past Catskill, with the Blue Moun-tains behind it, rich in traditions of Rip Van Winkleand Hendricks crew; past Kingston, the colonial capital; past Pough-keepsie, the home ofBenson J. Lossing, withits Vassar College; New-burgh, with Washing-tons headquarters; pastWest Point, which, tothe American soldier,marks the bravery ofmany and the foul trea-son of one; through theHighlands, perhaps themost beautiful spot onthis most beautiful of riv-ers, past half a hundred 59 60 Michigan Central Summer Tours Michigan Central Summer Tours. towns and points of inter-est, regarding which theguide books and the foldersof the New York Centraland the Hudson RiverDay Line give detailedinformation. Those whoprefer the more leisurelymode of travel may takeone of the palatial steamersof the Day Line, the finestriver boats in the world,from Albany to New York,and thus have the entireday to enjoy the sceneryof both sides of the river,a day to be rememberedwith pleasure ever after-ward . New York City beginsat Yonkers—one mightalmost say at Poughkeep-sie, but from Yonkerssouth to the Battery it isall New York City, the great metropolis which has no peer in all the worldbut London and Paris, and to see which, for anychild of the West, is an education. There are nounsightly factory yards or tenements to be seen as we approachby rail, noth-ing but splen-di d villascrowning theheights, and
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